In Isaiah 51 the prophet called upon God to awaken Himself and act. Now God calls on His people to act. The correct response to God's salvation is not to sit back and do nothing, but to live in the splendour of God's salvation.
God calls on Zion to clothe herself with strength, to put on her garments of splendour. We are to get rid of the chains and the dust of decay. We are meant to be a glorious people, a people who display the splendour of God.
Israel had been held captive in Egypt. Later on the Assyrians had oppressed them (by the way, this is an indication that this was written at the same time as the first part of Isaiah).
Later they would be hauled off to Babylon, and God's name would be mocked, much as it is today. This situation will change when His people recognise who He is.
Good News is to be proclaimed to God's people, and the good news is that God reigns. Our God is a God who acts and brings salvation. So they were to leave Babylon. Unlike the Egyptian exodus, which was done in haste, this will be done in an orderly fashion.
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